Repukes keep saying the Senate already passed ANWR?

[LSK]

What basis in truth is this?

And why is it in the energy bill if so?

[HillDem]

1. Hutchison is full of it

[HockeyMom]

3. Passed in the House,

not voted on yet in Senate. Do you know how many bills pass the House and never make it out of committee in the Seante?

[HillDem]

5. Hutch

said that that "we" meaning the senate had passed appropriation for it. That's not true, only the house has.

[SkiGuy]

2. Not true

[Idioteque]

4. It was in the budget resolution earlier this year.

Maria Cantwell had an amendment that would remove it from the budget and it fell a few votes short. That was just the budget authorization though, it still has to be appropriated for.

While it's true that a very slim majority supports ANWR, they don't have enough to break a filibuster. That's why they are putting it on a defense bill, that many Senators would be reluctant to filibuster.

[DURHAM D]

6. It was approved by the House and Senate in mid-90s.

Clinton vetoed the bill.